Escos is among the wettest of mainland French towns: 1,323 mm of rain a year
January nights here settle around 2.3°C. By warm days alone, it ranks hotter than 90% of mainland French towns. Only 26°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Waterproofs come out on about 145 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Saint-Gladie station, 8.9 km south-east.
A year in Escos at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Gladie station.
What a year in Escos feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Gladie.
About 1,323 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 49 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 25th wettest of 45 towns of 2,500+ in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Dax
38 frosts and 106 days of 25°C a year
On about 38 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 106 days a year reach 25°C, and 36 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Gladie: a frost is a night of 0°C or below, a summer day (jour d’été) 25°C or more, a hot day (forte chaleur) 30°C or more.
The Météo-France station at Saint-Gladie
Saint-Gladie is 8.9 km south-east of Escos. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Escos itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Gladie (64480001) |
| Distance from the town | 8.9 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 73 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 56 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Dax, 28 km away |
TownRatings matches each commune to one station with at least 24 years of temperature and rain records: the nearest, counting every 100 m of height difference as 10 km, never across the sea.
How Escos compares
Against the 4,385 towns of 2,500 or more in mainland France, each read from its own matched station. The dots are the other towns of 2,500+ in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km. Where a neighbor uses the same station its figures are the same: the differences you’d feel over a few kilometers aren’t in the normals.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escos | Saint-Gladie | 27.6°C | 2.3°C | 1,323 mm |
| Salies-de-Béarn 6.7 km | same station | 27.6°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 1,323 mm |
| Peyrehorade 15 km | Bidache | 26.9°C 0.7°C cooler | 3.2°C 0.9°C milder | 1,456 mm |
| Pouillon 18 km | Dax | 26.9°C 0.7°C cooler | 3.3°C 1°C milder | 1,155 mm |
| Orthez 19 km | Orthez | 26.7°C 0.9°C cooler | 2.8°C 0.5°C milder | 1,212 mm |
| Mauléon-Licharre 26 km | Aïcirits | 26.5°C 1.1°C cooler | 3.0°C 0.7°C milder | 1,219 mm |
| Hasparren 26 km | Espelette | 25.8°C 1.8°C cooler | 4.6°C 2.3°C milder | 1,723 mm |
Escos weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Gladie station; sunshine at Dax.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C | 2.3°C | 7.3°C | 129 mm | 90 |
| February | 13.6°C | 2.3°C | 7.9°C | 109 mm | 112 |
| March | 17.0°C | 4.6°C | 10.8°C | 100 mm | 163 |
| April | 19.1°C | 6.8°C | 13.0°C | 120 mm | 173 |
| May | 22.5°C | 10.5°C | 16.5°C | 115 mm | 199 |
| June | 25.6°C | 13.7°C | 19.6°C | 91 mm | 208 |
| July | 27.6°C | 15.6°C | 21.6°C | 73 mm | 226 |
| August | 28.2°C | 15.5°C | 21.8°C | 71 mm | 222 |
| September | 25.3°C | 12.4°C | 18.9°C | 98 mm | 197 |
| October | 21.4°C | 9.6°C | 15.5°C | 116 mm | 145 |
| November | 15.6°C | 5.5°C | 10.6°C | 172 mm | 95 |
| December | 12.8°C | 3.0°C | 7.9°C | 131 mm | 84 |
| Year | 20.1°C | 8.5°C | 14.3°C | 1,323 mm | 1,914 |
Where Escos’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Gladie, 8.9 km away: statistics for 1991–2020.
- Which station: among stations with at least 24 of the 30 years of temperature and rain, the nearest to the commune’s population-weighted center, counting each 100 m of height difference as 10 km; mainland towns use mainland stations and each overseas département its own.
- Altitudes: the town’s from IGN’s RGE ALTI® at its population-weighted center; the station’s from Météo-France.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Dax, 28 km away.
- Comparisons: every town of 2,500 or more in mainland France, read the same way; the dots are the towns of 2,500+ in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Escos’s climate
How warm does Escos get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.2°C. About 106 days a year reach 25°C, more than 90% of mainland French towns, and about 36 reach 30°C.
How cold does Escos get in winter?
January nights average 2.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 38 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Escos get?
About 1,323 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (172 mm) and August the driest (71 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Dax (28 km away), averages 1,914 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Escos itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Escos, Saint-Gladie, 8.9 km away. France publishes its climate normals by station, not by commune; a valley, a hill or the sea can make a difference over a few kilometers.
Where do these figures come from?
Météo-France’s fiches climatologiques: 30-year averages (1991–2020) for each of its long-running stations, published as open data since 2024. They are normals, not a forecast.
Source: Météo-France, fiches climatologiques, 1991–2020 statistics (station ST-GLADIE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Escos →
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